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Lebanon Valley College to Celebrate 156th Commencement on May 10

Gov. Tom Corbett '71 to receive an honorary doctorate during the undergraduate ceremony and serve as the afternoon's graduate-level ceremony keynote speaker.

by Tom Hanrahan

Annville, PA (05/06/2025) — Nearly 400 (398) students in the Lebanon Valley College Class of 2025 will celebrate their educational and personal accomplishments during a morning Commencement Ceremony on Saturday, March 10. Another 193 graduate-level students will participate in a separate ceremony at 2 p.m. Both ceremonies will be in the Louis A. Sorrentino '54 Gymnasium.

Dr. Daniel Pitonyak, Associate Professor of Physics and Co-Chair of Chemistry and Physics, will be the morning's Commencement speaker by virtue of being named the Vickroy Award winner (see below) during the 2024 Commencement Celebration. Gov. Thomas "Tom" Corbett, Esq., LVC Class of 1971, will receive an Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters during the morning ceremony and be the Keynote speaker during the afternoon ceremony. Gov. Corbett's speech will be available after the ceremony.

Along with honoring graduates, LVC will reveal the winners of the following major annual awards:

H. Anthony Neidig Award-The College's top student award

Thomas Rhys Vickroy Distinguished Teacher Award-LVC's top honor for a full-time faculty member

Nevelyn J. Knisley Award-Annually bestowed on a part-time or adjunct College faculty member.

Dr. Alan Walker, Chair & Assistant Professor of Exercise Science, received the Educator of the Year Award from Student Government members on Friday, April 25. This honor is bestowed annually on a member of the full-time faculty who embodies the transformative power of the LVC experience, in and out of the classroom.

Also on April 25, Brian Boyer, Campus Safety Supervisor, received the third-annual Administrator or Staff Member of the Year Award. This award is presented to a non-faculty member who has significantly impacted a student's time at LVC.

About Lebanon Valley College

Lebanon Valley College, founded in 1866, offers 50 majors in the health professions, sciences, business and digital media, arts and humanities, and education. Hands-on learning, internships, and research are emphasized. LVC offers five direct-entry (bachelor's to master's) programs in Accounting/MBA 3+1, Athletic Training 3+2, Clinical Mental Health Counseling 3+2, Engineering 3+2, and Speech-Language Pathology 3+2, and a nationally recognized six-year Doctor of Physical Therapy Program. There are over a dozen graduate degrees, including an MBA and master's in Clinical Mental Health Counseling, Education, Exercise Science, and Intelligence and Security Studies.

Close faculty-student relationships and mentoring are hallmarks of the LVC experience on its beautiful 370-acre campus. The College encourages student participation in athletics-with 40% competing as NCAA Division III student-athletes in the Middle Atlantic Conference-and student leadership and involvement in over 90 clubs and organizations, many of which are community-service focused. LVC offers generous financial aid and guaranteed merit scholarships that exceeded $52 million in 2023-24. Career success is integrated into the curriculum through the Edward and Lynn Breen Center for Career and Professional Development starting during the first year on campus.

Located eight miles from Hershey, Pennsylvania, this college of 1,600 undergraduate and 400+ graduate students produces alumni who attend prestigious graduate and professional schools and are employed by top companies and school districts.

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